CENTER VALLEY MAN ELECTED LARC CHAIRMAN FYI

The Morning CallTHE MORNING CALL

John M. Gibbons of Center Valley was elected chairman of the board of the Lehigh Valley Association for Retarded Citizens at the association's annual meeting in the Kurtz Training Center, Bethlehem. Thomas P. Herrity of Allentown was elected vice chairman.

Gibbons is a manufacturers' representative and Herrity is vice president of corporate banking with Meridian Bank.

Elected to two-year terms on the board were Richard H. Babb of Emmaus, Ted R. Fritzinger of Whitehall Township, Daniel M. Gallagher, R. Stocker Taylor Jr., and Floydene Zillinsky, all of Bethlehem.

Appointed as officers of the corporation were John E. Lapidakis, president; Ruth Phillips, treasurer, and Karen Stebelski, secretary, all staffers of LARC.

Gallagher, past chairman, noted, "I am proud to report on the many successes and accomplishments of LARC's programs for mentally handicapped Lehigh Valley citizens, despite the continuing financial problems caused by the cutbacks in funding these past two years. We continue to train and to place in community jobs many persons who were formerly dependent."

LARC, a United Way agency, operatesprograms and services through its Kurtz Center and Adult Development Center in Bethlehem and Kurtz Industries program in Allentown. It also operates thrift shops in Allentown and Fountain Hill.